Title : 
Generating random benchmark circuits for floorplanning
         
        
            Author : 
Wan, Tao ; Chrzanowska-Jeske, Malgorzata
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Portland State Univ., OR, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Benchmark files are widely used to evaluate and compare new algorithms and tools. In this paper, a fairly simple although reliable random floorplanning benchmark generator, BGen, based on Rent´s rule and a novel net-degree distribution model, is presented. Though direct and indirect validation, it is shown that BGen generates realistic distribution of module sizes and netlist information.
         
        
            Keywords : 
VLSI; benchmark testing; circuit layout CAD; integrated circuit layout; modules; BGen; benchmark files; floorplanning benchmark generator; module size distribution; net-degree distribution model; netlist information; random benchmark circuits generation; Algorithm design and analysis; Area measurement; Benchmark testing; Circuit testing; Field programmable gate arrays; Integrated circuit interconnections; Logic; Power dissipation; Power generation; Shape;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8251-X
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1329533